Nice Work If You Can Get It
| PROFILE | |
| Composer | George Gershwin |
| Lyricist | Ira Gershwin |
| Year Written | 1937 |
| About Nice Work If You Can Get It | |
| George and Ira Gershwin wrote this song (and eight others) for the 1937 film Damsel In Distress, starring Fred Astaire, who introduced the song. It has been widely recorded by artists including Astaire, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and Tony Bennett. | |
Lyrics
Holdin’ hands at midnight
‘neath a starry sky
Nice work if you can get it
And you can get it if you try
Strollin’ with the one girl
Sighin’ sigh after sigh
Nice work if you can get it
And you can get it if you try
Just imagine someone
Waiting at the cottage door
Where two hearts become one
Who could ask for anything more?
Loving one who loves you
And then takin’ that vow
Nice work if you can get it
And if you get it won’t you tell me how?
Holdin’ hands at midnight
‘neath a starry sky
And strollin’ with the one girl
Sighing sigh after sigh
Just imagine someone
Waiting at the cottage door
Where two hearts become one
Who could ask for anything more?
Loving one who loves you
And then takin’ that vow
Nice work if you can get it
And if you get it won’t you tell me how?
Session / Album Information
1993
“Nice Work If You Can Get It” was recorded in July 1993 and was released that year on Steppin’ Out. It was arranged by Tony Bennett and Ralph Sharon.
This recording released on:
- 1993: Columbia CD: CK 57424 — Steppin’ Out
- 2011: Disc #59 in The Tony Bennett Complete Collection (88697874602-JK58) Steppin’ Out